While Farmer Sails Friends Will Work
AUCKLAND. Jan. 27. A.A.P.-Reuter.—While Brian Gale, 34-year farmer, races in Auckland in the crew of the 18ft. Australian…
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Farming & the land, 1950
911 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 46
Rabbits Eat Enough For 40M. Sheep
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Rabbits in Australia in 1948-49 probably consumed the nutritive requirements of about 40 million…
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BOSTON, Sun. (O.S.R.) : Payment of one dollar 58 cents (nearly 18/- a lb) for cleaned Australian clothing wools was "staggering" a dealer said today. Associated Press commented: "The biggest boom in the his-…
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LONDON, Jan. 30. A.A.P.—The British Government's wool disposal system is being reviewed, at a meeting of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Brief Kerosene Increases Carrot Crop Three Prayers On One Match
Kerosene, accidentally spilled on a carrot crop, may lead to greater vegetable production in the future. Bathurst farmer, J. Sherman, accidentally spilled a drum of power kerosene…
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Harold Graham, shipwright, of Hamilton South, working on the steamer Valhall in Newcastle Harbour yesterday. Story Page 2…
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More than 10,000 super feet of oregon is being used in special attachments to the Norwegian ship valhall so she can take bulk wheat…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Under strong Continental demand, with support from Yorkshire and the United States, 10,899 bales of wool…
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Hunter River dairy farmers who had planted Berseem or Egyptian clover had obtained "phenomenal" results, the District Agronomist (Mr…
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LONDON: Pakistan's 1948-49 rice crop yielded 8,429,000 tons, according to the final forecast issued in Karachi…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Federal Cabinet Grants Cheese, Butter Subsidy
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Federal Cabinet has approved a subsidy of ½d lb. on butter and cheese…
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About 70,000 bales of growers' wool is in Newcastle stores to be offered at auctions. Brokers expect the first sale on…
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Loading of 10,000 tons of bulk wheat in the Valhall for India began at the Newcastle Silo yesterday morning. This will be the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Prices Fall "Danger to U.S." "Herald Service
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—America's whole economy was endangered by a reduction of 2000 million dollars a Year for the past two…
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The Lower Hunter Valley had produced good crops of saccaline (sweet-stem sorghum) this season, the District Agronomist (Mr. F. D…
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TOKIO, Sat. (O.S.R.): Should Japanese youths wear wrist watches while working in the fields and…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Mr. L. J. Pederick, a Salisbury farmer, must lose his home because the Government wants part of his land for an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Record Dairy Output Will Follow Soaking Rains'
The soaking rains of the past 48 hours all over the Hunter Valley would ensure the best autumn and winter dairy production for years and should benefit all farmers in the district, the Maitland Dairy Officer (Mr. J. W Smith) said…
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WASHINGTON: The 1949 U.S. agricultural conservation programme made possible a vast soil and water…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Shipment For Japan
The British ship Avonmoor (7268 tons) is expected to commence loading in Newcastle on Thursday the first shipment of wheat for…
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